Box Score WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - The Daemen College Wildcats defeated the Middlebury Panthers 59-41 tonight in the second game of the Williams Holiday Classic.  With the win, the Wildcats (8-0) move on to play host Williams in the Championship Game tomorrow at 3:00.  Middlebury (2-2) will take on Bridgewater State in the Consolation Game tomorrow at 1:00.

The Wildcats started the game with a 14-to-2 run to take an 18-10 lead with just over ten minutes to play in the first frame.  The run was led by two free throws and a layup from Chelsea Andorka. The layup came off of an offensive rebound.  After Andorka missed two free throws several possessions later, though, Middlebury cut the lead to two behind a layup from Katie Ritter.

As the Wildcats started building back up their lead, Panther guard Tracy Borsinger hit a huge three from the top left part of the arc to cut the lead back to four with just over four to play.  Ellie Allen, however, responded with a layup for the Wildcats.  She was fouled on the play and converted the free throw to push the lead back to seven. The Wildcats would hold the lead for the rest of the half and led 30-23 at the break.

Out of the break, the Wildcats added to their lead. Allen scored the first 11 points off of  four layups, a jumper, and a free throw.  As a team, the Wildcats went on a 13-3 run to open the half - holding Middlebury to no points from the field.  The Panthers finally broke the spell with 10:41 on the clock when Borsinger hit a pretty jumper. The hoop, however, could not start an offensive run for the Panthers. When Andorka swooshed a three from the top right to push the lead to 22 with just over six minutes to play - the largest lead of the game to that point - the lead proved too much for the Panthers to overcome.

Leading the way tonight for the Wildcats was Allen with 20 points.  Andorka added 13 for the Wildcats, who shot 33.3% on the night.  Courtney Donovan came down with 11 rebounds and had a great passing game with five assists.  She also added three blocks.  Jillian Fitzner was very active for the Wildcats with 11 rebounds, helping lead Daemen to a 53-38 edge off the boards.

Although no Panthers had double digits on the night, Borsinger and Sarah Marcus both had nine points.  The Panthers shot 23.2% from the field.